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PATENTED FEB. 23, 1984.

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EDVVARD N. iAilL, OFPHILADELFHIA, PENNSYL AN-IA.

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SPECIFIGATIQN forming part'of Letters Patent No. 753,099,. dated February 523, 190%.

Application filed May 6, 1903. Serial No.155,880. lNc modeL} My invention relates to new and useful iniprovements in division-hoards and fiilers for egg-cases; and its object is to provide a division-board of novel construction having parallel unduieting strips fastened thereon and each raised portion thereof being adapted to pro oct upward into one of the cells in the case.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the further novel construction, combination, and arrangement of the several parts, which Will he more fully hereinafter described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying which Figure 1 is 1. plan view of a portion oi'e division -hoerd having partitions thereon forming cells. Fig. 2 ass section on line mm, Fig. i. Fig. 3 is a section on line y 54 Fig. Bend Fi 4. is e-plen View of a portion ofthe divisi'onboard with the partitions removed therefrom.

Referring to the figures hynumerels of reference, 1 and erepertitionsformed oi nerd: board or other suitable material and normally arranged at righ t angles to each other. Partition 1 has a slot 3 extending-thereinto from its lower edge and at right'engles to The upper portion of this slot is enlerged, as at 4, end has an angular shoulder 5 projecting thereiiito. A similar slot 6 extends downward from the upper edge of the partition 2, and the lower end thereof is enlarged, as shown at '7, and has a shoulder 8 projecting thcreinto and similar to the shoulder 5, .hereinbefore referred to. These slots 3 and 6 are formed at regular intervals in each partition. and the edges of the partitions at points between the slots are formed with ventilating-recesses 9. v

In fastening the partitions i and 2 together the partition 1 is placed within the slot 8, and the slot 3 receives that portion of partition 2 ioc'eted below the enlarged end 7 of slot 6.

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The shoulders 5 and 8 duringthis movement of the partitions are sprung overeech other and dropped back into the positions iiliistrated in Figs. 2 end 3, end it is obvious that it is then impossible to detechone pn-rti' tion from the other untii after the s'houiders 5 and 8 have been pressedletereliy, so as to he disengaged'froin each other.

It will he understood that a SGIISQf peril-x tions 1 and 2 are employed, sees to form rectangular cells. The division-board 16 employed in connection with these partitions hes a sense of parallei undulating strips 11 thereon, and those portions 12 of the strips which are intermediate the reused portions thereof are preferably fastened to the division-hoard by means of glue or other suitehie materiel.

The undulations are so located that one will tions, and the strips 11 are spaced apart suficient distances from each other to form channels 13. The partitions 2 are adopted to rest Within these chennels, while partitions 1 extend transversely of the A strips 11 and rest upon the intermediate or depressed nortioiis 12 thereof.

By providing a division-hoard and pertitions of the character herein described the eggs may be held firmly in position and prevented from being jarred suficientiy to hecome broken.

In the use of (llVi$lOI1-l)O2LIdS of the ordinary construction when an breaks the White thereof cannot spread out. but lies in e thick mass on the hoard and soaks through the pen titions and board and finally spreads to other pockets or cells and iiiscolors and damages the eggs therein, thereby reducing their market value. By providing the cushioning-strips 11 herein described the white of a broken egg is permitted to spread out over the entire division-hoard and out'o'f contact with the eggs in the adjoining coils, and as eir is permitted to freely oirculete through the recesses 9 the white will soon bedried and injury thereby extend into each cell formed by the. pariah;

As is well known, when eggs are removed from cold storage the change in atmosphere to which they are subjected causes them t sweat or accumulate moisture. By providing ventilating-recesses 9 in the partitions the air circulating therethrougl'i will-soon carry off this moisture.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of my invention; but I do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 11 In ad evice of thecharacter described, the

' 'combi nation with a division-board having parallcl undulating strips secured thereon and yersely thereof at forming channels therebet'ween, whereby air and liquid may freely circulate upon the face of the division-board; of interlocking parti tions arranged within the channels, and transpoints between their undulations. d

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a division-board having parallel undulating strips secured thereon and,

forming channels therebetween, whereby air and liquid are free to circulate upon the face of the board; of interlocking partitions having recessed edges arranged within the channels and upon said strips between the raised portions thereof. I

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD N. PAUL.

WVitnesses: i

J AS. A. Goon, EDW. H. Ln'nrs 

